Petah Tikva
Petach Tikva (Hebrew פתח תקווה on German door of hope, Arabic بتاح تكفا, DMG Bitāḥ Tikfā; Tiqwah also Petah, Petah Tikva ) is a city in Israel. It is located in Gush Dan, a few kilometers east of Tel Aviv. Petah Tikva has 188,900 inhabitants ( 2007) and is one of the largest cities of Israel.
History
Petach Tikvah The history dates back to the 19th century. In 1878 settlers from Jerusalem established a first settlement. She was the first Jewish farmers' settlement ( " Moschawa " ) at all in what was then Palestine. That's why they later received the nickname " Mother of Moschawot ". However, it was the first town founded by " failed because of malaria and Überschwenmmungen ". The " 1882 then second, successful establishment, now by immigrant Jews," is the same time as the founding of Rishon LeZion and Rosh Pina. The settlers named the new town after Hosea 2:17: " Then I want you [meaning Israel ] give her vineyards from thence, and make the valley of Achor a door of hope. "
From 1888, the settlers also received support from Baron Edmond de Rothschild, who promoted many settlement projects in what was then Palestine. The settlement initially had considerable problems due to poor harvests and malaria. However, over time the malaria swamps were drained and the area became a focus of the citrus fruit cultivation. These have faced another problem: The transport of the crop for export, which had to be fast and fresh to the ships of the then nearest port, Jaffa, brought to be exported can. This was to accomplish with camel caravans on undeveloped sandy slopes hardly. Therefore, the orange growers were already setting immediately after the First World War for a connection to the railway mainline El Qantara Haifa. They could pay such an expensive investment itself is not, but Baron Edmond de Rothschild was willing to grant a loan of £ EYT 20,000 for the project. The Palestine Railways insisted however that the settlers guaranteed at least 100 passengers daily. These made in contrast to the condition that on the Sabbath no traffic should be held, after which the railroad insisted to rest on Sundays the traffic.
1921, the 6.5-km branch line between Ras el Ain (now Rosh haAjin ) on the main railway and Petah Tikva after 6 months of construction. The building was completed, however, contrary to the expected £ EYT 20,000 to £ 53,000 EYT. Therefore, the Government of the mandated territory involved in the investment and the railway line was owned following each pay half of the municipality of Petah Tikva and the government, a Kondominalbahn.
She was economically immediate success: The cost of transporting oranges to the coast fell by more than half. Also, the travel was granted immediate success, the train replaced but a four-to five-hour drive in an open horse-drawn carriage on an unpaved dirt road. As travelers also took the somewhat cumbersome procedure on the railway in buying: One or two passenger cars were added to the freight train to Ras el Ain and there attached as coaches on the train Haifa El Qantara. In Lod, travelers in the coming of Jerusalem train had to change to Jaffa. Total travel time - when everything went on time - about 90 minutes. As, however, in 1928 the road was paved to Jaffa, which meant immediately the end of the tourist traffic on this connection. Buses now took on the task. Petach Tikva grew considerably in the following years and in 1937 received a city charter. 1940-1951 Joseph Sapir held the office of mayor.
In Petah Tikva, there are several historical places from the early days and a historical museum within the museum complex " Qiryat HaMuse'onim ".
Today's city
Petah Tikva is now a city, at the agricultural past, the only reminder of the so-called founder of Garden in the city center. The central pillar of the economy, the industry, especially in the areas of textiles, metals, food and wood. In Petah Tikva and the globally operating pharmaceutical company Teva has its headquarters
Contrast Tourism plays a subordinate role; of tourist interest are only a monument in honor of Edmond de Rothschild and located near the town of sources of the Yarkon River in the Yarkon - Afek National Park substantially.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Gal Alberman, Israeli football player
- Chanoch Bartow, Israeli writer
- Yossi Beilin, Israeli statesman, member of the Knesset, Minister of Justice and Deputy Foreign Minister
- Israel Finkelstein, an Israeli archaeologist
- Avraham Grant, Israeli football coach
- Dror Kashtan, Israeli football player and coach
- Yehoshua Kenaz, Israeli writer
- Rami Saari, Israeli poet, translator and linguist